Recent Examples on the WebThe mixture slowly cooled and fused into a tuff of rhyolite.—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024 Diamond Head — a volcanic tuff cone — is just plain cool.—Genevieve Ko, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024 Neolithic ax heads were commonly made of materials like flint, volcanic tuff and granite.—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023 But roughly 30 kilometers away, deposits of tuff — volcanic ash turned to rock, which often holds zeolite — sit above an aquifer known locally for its sweet and clear water.—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020 About 95 percent are carved from the volcanic tuff, but a few are made from basalt.—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023 Dropped twice then place on a small tuff of grass.—Adam Schupak, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2022 All fossil plants at Wuda tuff have modern living relatives except for this set of rare specimens.—Josie Garthwaite, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2012 The site is named Wuda tuff after the district of Mongolia where it was found.—Josie Garthwaite, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2012
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Word History
Etymology
earlier tuph, tuft porous rock, from Middle French tuf, from Old Italian tufo
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